TITLE 67

STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS

CHAPTER 74

IDAHO STATE LOTTERY

67-7410.  Director of lottery security. The director shall hire a security director who shall manage the lottery’s security division. The security division shall be responsible for the performance of background investigations of employees, lottery retailers, bingo and raffle operators, vendors and major procurement contractors and for the enforcement of the criminal provisions of this chapter. In addition, the security division shall develop a security plan to be implemented by the lottery. The lottery’s security division is herein designated as an Idaho law enforcement agency. The director of security has the authority to:

(1)  Issue administrative subpoenas during the conduct of investigations in accordance with commission rules and this chapter;

(2)  Require fingerprint-based criminal history check of the Idaho central database and the federal bureau of investigation’s criminal history database on prospective employees, vendors, contractors, lottery retailers and bingo and raffle operators; and

(3)  Access criminal offender record information from the Idaho state police for the purpose of background or other investigations performed in accordance with this chapter.

Such information obtained and kept by the security director shall be subject to disclosure according to chapter 1, title 74, Idaho Code. Nothing herein shall prohibit the lottery from disclosing information obtained by it to law enforcement agencies or other lottery organizations for security or enforcement purposes.

History:

[67-7410, added 1988, ch. 232, sec. 2, p. 451; am. 1989, ch. 352, sec. 4, p. 884; am. 1990, ch. 213, sec. 98, p. 558; am. 2000, ch. 469, sec. 140, p. 1599; am. 2001, ch. 196, sec. 2, p. 665; am. 2008, ch. 40, sec. 1, p. 95; am. 2015, ch. 141, sec. 183, p. 525.]